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Northern Archaic tradition forty years later: comments
Arctic anthropology • 45 (2) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 169-178
By: Anderson, Douglas D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this review of the usefulness and distinctiveness of the Northern Archaic as a concept, the author compares sites defined as Northern Archaic (Palisades and Onion Portage) and as Arctic Small Tool (Denbigh Flint Complex), and revisits artifact distribution maps for four Northern Archaic phases at Onion Portage.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northern Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2022
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000-4200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Alaska, United States; Yukon, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Douglas D. Anderson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arctic regions--Antiquities